"It is impossible for me to overstate the opportunity this country has given me. In many ways, the fortune I have enjoyed with Google exemplifies the American dream, but to me that is just the tip of the iceberg. Reflecting upon my life, I have many basic freedoms that my parents did not -- the ability to pursue my interests in school and university, the choices in jobs, the freedom to live in the place of my choosing, and ultimately the ability to pursue my own enterprise."
- τorƍue
Story of O is what comes to mind for me. Is that what this is about?
- Kelly Norton
Clearly you're thinking of Cirque du Soleil! :P
- Adam Lasnik
I don't know what it's about either, except TechCrunch thinks it may have something to do with the O being abducted from the Google logo Friday... tis a puzzlement!
- Daniel Dulitz
my new yorker reading experience became much better when i convinced myself i didn't have to read the whole thing.
- Neha Narula
I agree you don't need to read everything, but I subscribe to the New Yorker and the New York Review because I'm surprised by how often I enjoy articles that don't sound interesting at first.
- Jeremy Hylton
Bumpity-bump-bump... No one has Trader Joe's recommendations? I already got recs for their stuffed salmon and simmer sauces.
- Cheryl Jones
Veggie masala "burgers," lavash, Greek honey yogurt, blood orange soda, peanut butter filled pretzels, tarte d'alsace, mini quiches
- Bren, Not Grinchy
Orange chicken. Love it...LOVE IT! The frozen mac and cheese lunches are good too. Oh and the teas...their Mint Melange is particularly good. And I almost forgot the chocolate! Valhrona for the win!
- Alex Scoble
Frozen tamales, frozen vegan pizza (also good with some of their chicken sausage on top), most of the chicken sausages, Granny Apple's granola cereal, Simply the Best fruit and nut mix, frozen vege burritos, frozen crab cakes every now and then. Can you tell I am there often?
- elroy
Thanks, Everybody! :) I'll be writing up my grocery list soon.
- Cheryl Jones
LD, not the way TJs spells it. I know they spell it wrong, but that's what's on the package. That stuff makes awesome tacos.
- Admiral Anika
Rather boring I know, but the frozen rice passes my husbands rice nazi tendencies, for when you are really lazy. And I love the orange chicken. I miss TJ ;-(
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Frozen pot stickers / gyoza are both yummy and very inexpensive. They make a quick meal or finger food for parties.
- Sarah Miller
The citrus chicken with cashews in the frozen food aisle is really good. They have a fat free vanilla yogurt that is fantastic. Their frozen organic brown rice is very good - and takes only 3 minutes to cook. YAY! I love getting their pre-sliced sweet potato fries. The Zen Bakery fiber cakes are yummy. There are tons of good options in their frozen food aisle. I LOVE TJs!
- Meredith
@Sarah Miller - second the pot stickers. Yummy is the correct word.
- elroy
There's not a lot I DON'T like from TJ's. Love the carne asada and the bulgogi, and the cheeses are all good. Great organic lettuces and veggies. They have a great teriyaki (soy-yaki?) sauce that I use on fish. The yogurts, eggs, everything!
- Derrick
Great stuff! This list might negate the grocery savings I'm trying to take advantage of, since Trader Joe's seems to have quite reasonable prices... :)
- Cheryl Jones
Oh one more thing I forgot to mention... something that I happen to be enjoying as I type this! "Just Grilled Chicken Strips" from the frozen food section. They are seasoned grilled chicken strips and you just nuke them and use them for whatever you want. I am enjoying them in a chicken quesadilla right now... I also love to put them on salads. The seasoning on them is YUM-O! They are great!
- Meredith
Thanks, Meredith. Last night it was pouring rain all evening, so the Trader Joe's run was postponed. Hopefully tonight after work we can stop over there. The fridge and pantry is bare of stuff I care to eat! :)
- Cheryl Jones
Clare and I finally finished watching season 4 (first half) last night, then watched the new one on tv. 4 hours of Battlestar! It was rough, but it was really good. I hope that no one spoils it for you Tudor. Battlestar Galactica is much less suspenseful when you know what is going to happen.
- Robert Felty
I wonder if he realized that he was giving this interview to the New York Times. But hey, given that he made a fortune and is spending part of it on Ubuntu, he can watch all the porn he likes. :)
- Piaw Na
Jessica is marveling at how upscale the Hong Kong airport is. Spent 15 min looking for somewhere to buy bottled water amidst Gucci, Burberry and a caviar bar.
Thanks Chris - I will try to fix the CSS. Everyone I speak too thinks this recession is going to be a long one, with a slow, shallow recovery. The interesting question is how does impact startups? As you point out, some companies that may have gone public wont for a while (e.g. FB, LinkedIn, OpenTable). M&A activity will have to pick up again though, if only because valuable internet properties will continue to get built and major players will see value in integrating/owning this new inventory...
- Elad
"People will always need innovative new products" -- we need 'em eh? i guess if you're in deep you gotta drink the koolaid. i suspect you also believe that many startups that do go under this year maybe should be culled.. we always hear about those innovative new products that we can't think of anyone wanting, let alone needing. when do we get to see the stuff you are doing! you keep dangling it as a possibility!
- omar
I dont think all the startups that will go under in the next few months should have been "culled". I do think some of them are working on stupid things and deserve to go under, but I also think there will be a number of companies that are doing really useful things that won't have time to grow and will have the plug pulled immaturely. Building a consumer property with traffic takes time and you can see this in the early growth rates of services that many people I know really like (e.g. Yelp et al).
- Elad
PS re: innovation. I think there are a lot of things that would be really valuable for people to do online. So yeah, innovation will keep on being needed :)
- Elad
"If you want us to be your friends (and let's face it, you know you do. You love our accents), you're going to have to try harder. Otherwise we'll all go back to Europe and live in a castle with a crocodile-filled moat in Luxembourg."
- j1m
gives new meaning to activating your third eye. http://www.666blacksun.com/Opening... Note the warning: *Some people can experience a migraine lasting several hours. The severity of the side effects will depend on how atrophied your pineal gland is to begin with.
- Diana Ying Liu
"Amazon.com customers will be able to buy wine through the e-tailer's Web site as early as this month, a spokesman for the Napa Valley Vintners Association said Wednesday. Amazon has been working with the nonprofit group, which represents 315 vintners in the Napa Valley, to arrange workshops with wine producers that might be interested in selling wine through the retail giant, said Terry Hall, the group's communications director."
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
How to hang picture frames. Useful and hilarious: "I am the reason the plaster is crumbling under the weight of the nail, it's my fault, and maybe if I had just tried harder his life wouldn't be so unbearable."
- Tessa MacDuff
If you're running for POTUS it typically means that you believe you have the ability to lead the world. So humility is pretty much out of the equation...
- Benjy Weinberger
To be humble you need to be able to stand up and say "there are things I can't do, I may not be the best person for this job". That person will never be elected president. Confidence trumps humility (as long as it avoids arrogance).
- Reto Meier
from fftogo
well, i dunno if you guys heard the speech at the convention, but the first paragraph says: "with profound gratitude and great humility i accept your nomination for potus.." as said in a huge stadium, rock staresque. humility is not the word that strikes me. he lacks it. fine, but don't say you have it! see http://elections.nytimes.com/2008...
- omar
It's just a figure of speech. When I say "god bless you" when you sneeze I don't actually mean it either...
- Benjy Weinberger